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1.1     ! root        1:     A new release of the UCI version of the Rand Message Handling (MH)
        !             2:     system is available for distribution.  This release of MH is called 
        !             3: 
        !             4:                                  MH 6.4
        !             5: 
        !             6:     There are a lot of changes between MH.5 and MH 6; a lot of
        !             7:     performance enhancements were made, there's also a lot of support
        !             8:     for distributed mail (personal mail and bulletin bboards).  If you
        !             9:     have a number of machines at your site running 4.2BSD and connected
        !            10:     by a high-speed network, you WANT this software.  In addition, mh.6
        !            11:     has got a number of generalizations and bug fixes.  There's also a
        !            12:     lot more documentation and an Administrator's Guide!  
        !            13: 
        !            14:     Here are the details:  
        !            15: 
        !            16:        - MH is in the public-domain
        !            17:        - MH runs on a number of versions of UNIX (4.[123]BSD, V7, SYS5, and
        !            18:          XENIX) [sorry, no support for SYS3.]
        !            19:        - MH runs on top of a number of mail transport systems
        !            20:          (MMDF-{I,II}, SendMail, stand-alone (with UUCP support))
        !            21: 
        !            22:     Although MH is not "supported" per se, it does have a bug-reporting
        !            23:     address, [email protected].  Bug reports (and fixes) are welcome, by
        !            24:     the way.  There are also two ARPA Internet discussion groups:
        !            25:     [email protected] and [email protected] (somewhat analogous in
        !            26:     charter to Info-UNIX and UNIX-Wizards).  
        !            27: 
        !            28:     There are two ways to get a distribution:
        !            29: 
        !            30:     1.  If you can FTP to the ARPA Internet, use anonymous FTP to
        !            31:     louie.udel.edu [10.0.0.96] and retrieve the file portal/mh-6.tar.
        !            32:     This is a tar image (approx 3.5MB).  The file portal/mh-6.tar.C is
        !            33:     the tar image after being run through the compact program (approx
        !            34:     2.3MB).  The file portal/mh-6.tar.Z is the tar image after being run
        !            35:     through the compress program (approx 1.2MB).  
        !            36: 
        !            37:     2.  You can send $50 to the address below.  This covers the cost of
        !            38:     a magtape, handling, and shipping.  In addition, you'll get a
        !            39:     laser-printed hard-copy of the entire MH documentation set.  Be sure
        !            40:     to include your USPS address with your check.  Checks should be made
        !            41:     payable to 
        !            42: 
        !            43:                Regents of the University of California
        !            44: 
        !            45:     and must be drawn on U.S.  funds.  It's also a good idea (though not
        !            46:     mandatory) to send a computer mail message to "[email protected]" when
        !            47:     you send your check via USPS to ensure minimal turn-around time.
        !            48:     The distribution address is:  
        !            49: 
        !            50:        Support Group 
        !            51:        Attn: MH distribution
        !            52:        Department of Information and Computer Science
        !            53:        University of California, Irvine
        !            54:        Irvine, CA  92717
        !            55: 
        !            56:        714/856-7553
        !            57: 
        !            58:     Sadly, if you just want the hard-copies of the documentation, you
        !            59:     still have to pay the $50.00.  The tar image has the documentation
        !            60:     source (the manual is in roff format, but the rest are in TeX
        !            61:     format).  
        !            62: 
        !            63: /mtr

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